Man in His 60s Arrested for Killing Former Partner... Two Weeks After Ankle Monitor Period Ended

Located through phone tracking after a missing person report was filed
Held in a detention center over stalking charges last July

A man in his 60s suspected of killing his former partner at a home in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, has been arrested by police.

The Seoul Eunpyeong Police Station said on November 5 that it had arrested the man, identified only as A, in the act on suspicion of murder.

According to police, A is suspected of killing a woman in her 70s, with whom he had previously been in a relationship, at his home in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, on the morning of November 5.

Police received a missing-person report concerning the woman at around 6:40 a.m. on November 5. Using the victim's mobile phone location data and records of past reports, police identified A's residence. They found the victim dead inside A's home and arrested A at the scene.

A was found unconscious at the time of his arrest and was taken to a hospital. Police plan to investigate his motive and other details of the crime once he has completed treatment. They are also investigating how the victim came to be at A's home.

Earlier, on July 18, the victim reported A to the Seoul Mapo Police Station on suspicion of stalking and other offenses. On July 20 of the same month, police sought an arrest warrant for A on suspicion of violating the Act on Punishment of Stalking Crimes and other offenses, but the prosecutor did not request one.

Police subsequently sought provisional measures. Under the Act on Punishment of Stalking Crimes, the court ordered A to be detained in a detention center and fitted with an electronic tracking device. A was detained from July 23 to August 22 and, according to police, wore the device from his release until October 22.

The incident occurred about two weeks after the location-tracking measure using the electronic device ended.

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